Looks like Nike has plans to release another Back to School Pack. Last years pack which included an air max 90, dunk low, and vandal high were all inspired by the notebook and this dunk high was inspired by the crayon, which is why it has been dubbed the Crayon Dunk High. This shoe features a scribble print with yellow accenting, seen on the swoosh, outsole and laces, with re enforced eyelets. No word on pricing or release dates.

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This new Nike Dunk Low Premium is available right now at Mita. It features a terrific combination of colors and textures that creates a unique appeal.

Featuring oiled leather, canvas and hemp, this colorup uses Light British Tail combined with Sail. These are a good shoe if you want something a little more dressed up than your average sneaker. Buy them now at Mita for 14,700 yen (about $133 USD). No word yet if they will be making it into store in the States. Via Sneaker News.

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Last week’s best caption contest winner is Kevin Demosthenes from Totowa, New Jersey with the above caption for Yao Ming as Kobe Bryant does his thing against the China basketball team.

We had a total of 208 approved captions, with many others that didn’t quite fit the audience here at MAS. I would like to personally thank all the contestants for playing. Be sure to stay tuned for this week’s contest. You have nothing to lose and something to win. Enjoy!

SekureD introduced the Nike Myst Dunk Lows on his blog linked here. These custom Dunks start at the toes with a light purple paint splotched with black paint. The designer added his name in pink paint over the largest black spot to promote the SekureD line to attentive sneaker fans.

I like the progression of the shoe’s color and design elements as you move from the toe to the middle panel. The middle panel is a mural of gray, white and black lines that look like they lept off the canvas of an abstract painting. SekureD switched from light to dark purple for the rear panel as well as the shoe laces to complete the evolution of the Myst Dunk Lows.

SekureD has a pair of the Mysts in size 10US available through his online store right now. These sneakers are listed at $325USD but they are likely to be a hot item among serious fans of customs.

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Chris Hui and imag4ever collaborated in the past on a design project called Project C4. This project featured a set of custom Nike Dunk Lows that showcased the considerable talents of both designers. C2 Customs and imag4ever have returned with the second edition of Project C4 involving two pairs of Nike Dunk Highs.

This first entry in the revived Project C4 is a Nike Dunk High with a toe box and middle panel made from crocodile leather. Chris Hui reconceived the C4 logo so that the top part of the logo looks like the fuse on a stick of dynamite. I enjoy the mixture of camo prints, red leather and black and think that this collaboration will continue to impress sneaker fans in the future.

Fans of C2 Customs, image4ever and the Project C4 Dunks can check out additional information on these sneakers by checking out their recent Nike Talk post linked here.

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KJax22 has posted another pair of interesting custom Nikes at Nike Talk (linked here). These Nike Dunk Lows feature images of Talib Kweli and Mos Def from the cover of 1998’s “Black Star.” This initial collaboration between the two hip-hop artists was loved by a lot of people including the designer.

The problem for KJax22 is that the homage to “Black Star” is a bit off the mark. If I didn’t know these shoes were based on “Black Star,” I would think they were an awesome pair of shoes with some fine touches. KJax22 tried to replicate the profile images of Talib and Mos Def from the album cover. These portraits lack enough definition to show that they are the beloved hip-hop artists in question rather than well-drawn look alikes.

My bigger issue with these shoes is that the colors aren’t connected to the green, yellow and red hues used on the “Black Star” cover. The green, blue and burgundy on KJax22’s work are nice but they don’t contribute to any sort of tribute to the hip-hop duo. These shoes are fantastic out of context but it doesn’t seem like they match up the designer’s stated intent.

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Images Source: here.

The Women’s Nike Dunk Low Prem Basic is a pack with 3 colorways. Let’s look at the blue colorway first. The toe box starts with perforations on its surface. A mudguard surrounds the toe box. Two panels of leather reinforce the shoe lace holes. The tongue is in the same light blue color. It has a white tag with 5 shapes of different colors linked together. The shoe lace is of a deeper blue color. The collar around the ankle and the Nike swoosh use this same dark blue color. This collar extends down to join the inner lining of the shoe. The swoosh covers a large section of the midsection.

From the base of the heel, a panel of light blue leather extends up to meet the shoe lace holes. There are 4 extra holes on this panel and they are decorative in nature. The backtab at the heel has Nike embroidered in light blue thread. The midsole is in the same color as the shoe upper. The outsole is in a darker shade of blue.

The white and light yellow colorways have the same design. The differences are in their accents, which have different colors. The blue colorway is the brightest looking lot out of this set of three pairs. I prefer the mildest look in the white colorway.
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KJax’s sophomore effort at custom sneaker designing was posted recently on the Nike Talk thread linked here. These custom Nike Dunks received a good reception from the sneaker fans and posters at Nike Talk. I agree with their approval of KJax’s custom Dunks and hope he continues making great designs in the future.

The theme of KJax’s latest custom is the process of creating a pair of hot sneakers. KJax added a cartoon of a designer with a can of spray paint on both heels. The cartoon designer has wreaked havoc on the Dunks with blue paint sprayed around the swoosh and lighter colors painted on the heel.

KJax added his name in yellow paint just above the outsoles on both shoes to make his name known to sneaker fans. The designer has made his presence known so the yellow “KJax” painted on both shoes is merely a formality.

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Image Source: here.

Virtual Mo, a shoe artist, has designed two pairs of Mobama Dunk Low 2008 in the Nike Innovation Kitchen. The Mobama name is taken from a combination of the names of the artist Mo and Obama. Mo shows his support for the Democrat Senator Obama.

This Mobama Dunk is a custom shoe because Virtual Mo designed it. However, this Mobama is manufactured in the Nike Innovation Kitchen. Presently, Virtual Mo made two pairs of these shoes but Nike might decide to release the design in a limited edition later on.

These two designs look similar. The main difference is that one design has the laser image of Obama imposed on the toe box. The other design does not have this laser image.

The toe box is pale blue with neat horizontal rows of perforations. The mudguard is dark blue. This blue leather forms a frame for the shoe and it extends back, all the way back to the heel of the sneaker. The midsection is in sky-blue leather. The Nike swoosh is red. The midsection has words that are printed on by laser. The white tongue does not distract from the light blue shoe lace. The color of the shoe lace is a good match with the midsection’s sky-blue leather.

The inner lining and outsole use the same dark blue color. I like the use of blue colors in these two pairs of shoes.

Source of images: here.

This shoe is available at Overkill for 149,90 Eur per pair.

This shoe is uniformly colored in shiny blue. The shoe upper has a quilted pattern. The squares are presented in diagonals, which are much more interesting than in horizontal and vertical rows and columns.

The toe box is the first portion of the quilted shoe. It is surrounded by a mudguard which is exclusively around the toe box. This mudguard is made of shiny, smooth blue leather without the quilted pattern. The main section of the shoe shows the beautiful quilted design. Over this main body, the Nike swoosh is attached. The swoosh is in plain leather of the same blue color.

From the base of the heel, a panel of smooth, blue leather rises up to meet the tongue of the shoe. This panel has a couple of shoe lace holes for the laces to thread through them. There is a tag at the back of the heel. A panel with a different design of quilted leather is at the back tab portion. The horizontal, narrowly spaced quilted design is a cool contrast to the big, roomy square quilted design on the front of the shoe.

The tip of the tongue has a white tag with three concentric rings to symbolize the Olympic Games. I like this jazzy looking shoe.

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